Delete a Container

Delete a container by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/containers/{id}

DELETE /v1/containers/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Containers

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Containers.delete("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")

# Hard delete
Containers.delete(
    "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Containers.delete_by_name("s3_datalake.analytics-bucket")

# Delete by name with options
Containers.delete_by_name(
    "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
    hard_delete=True,
    recursive=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted container
Containers.restore("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "name": "analytics-bucket",
  "displayName": "Analytics Bucket",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
  "description": "Primary analytics data lake bucket",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982673032,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    "type": "storageService",
    "name": "s3_datalake",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake"
  },
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Container

Delete a container by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the container to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child containers.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the container. If false, the container is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/containers/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the container (e.g., s3_datalake.analytics-bucket).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child containers.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the container.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Container

Use PUT /v1/containers/restore to restore a soft-deleted container.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted container to restore.

DELETE /v1/containers/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Containers

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Containers.delete("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")

# Hard delete
Containers.delete(
    "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Containers.delete_by_name("s3_datalake.analytics-bucket")

# Delete by name with options
Containers.delete_by_name(
    "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
    hard_delete=True,
    recursive=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted container
Containers.restore("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "name": "analytics-bucket",
  "displayName": "Analytics Bucket",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
  "description": "Primary analytics data lake bucket",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982673032,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    "type": "storageService",
    "name": "s3_datalake",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake"
  },
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the container object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored container object.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to delete this container
404	NOT_FOUND	Container with given ID or FQN does not exist